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and then the straw that broke the camel's back, the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. the open question after that was would the sheer horror of that event and the images of these dead children shake up something about the political status quo that had previously benefitted the small and intense and well organized anti-gun regulation group? when legislation expanding background checks crafted with nra consultation by a bipartisan coalition of senators went down under the weight of a filibuster, it would not have been crazy to conclude at that point that the answer was sadly no. the politics on the issue were set and a single tragedy or even a series of monstrous tragedies no matter how awful would not fundamentally alter them. and even though background checks were polling at 91% approval with 88% support among republicans and 88% support among gun owners, i, myself, was genuinely skeptical from the very beginning that polling meant anything at all. in fact, almost by definition, something that polls at 90% is something that people don't care much about. it's very easy
and then the straw that broke the camel's back, the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. the open question after that was would the sheer horror of that event and the images of these dead children shake up something about the political status quo that had previously benefitted the small and intense and well organized anti-gun regulation group? when legislation expanding background checks crafted with nra consultation by a bipartisan coalition of senators went down under the weight of a...
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sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> hook. >> sandy hook elementary. it's something we just can't -- >> first graders died. >> in their classrooms. >> awful. >> reporter: the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and limits to high capacity magazines. giffords made a dramatic plea to senators. >> be bold, be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> reporter: but they now admit there are limits to what is politically realistic. if you could name the number one thing congress could do to prevent the kind of violence that you were the victim of, what would it be? >> background checks. >> yeah. certainly. without a doubt. >> reporter: giffords has learned to navigate an ipad for e-mail with her left hand because her right hand is paralyzed but most of her communicating with former colleagues, pressing them for new gun laws, goes through kelly mostly on the phone. though she doesn't have to say much to make her point. especially in person. >> when gabby sits in their office and tells them how important universal background check bill is
sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> hook. >> sandy hook elementary. it's something we just can't -- >> first graders died. >> in their classrooms. >> awful. >> reporter: the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and limits to high capacity magazines. giffords made a dramatic plea to senators. >> be bold, be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> reporter: but they now admit there are limits to what is politically realistic....
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we thought that would pass easy a few months after sandy hook. i think what the american people are discovering is that their representatives are more beholden and more loyal to an industry association, the nra which represents gunmakers, than they are to the constituents' health and safety. and i think that makes constituents angry. >> the question is, what is changeable here? was it the attention of the president? was it, tom, the president's calling people out on the day it failed, which i think is in a really fascinating way captured everybody's attention and imagination. he didn't let it just go down to defeat without sort of putting a lantern on it and saying look at what they just did. do you that's part of what's playing a role here? >> i think the president's really important, but i think that a lot of politicians overestimate the power of the nra. we've consistently found in our national polling that voters by about a 15-point margin are less likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by the nra. the nra's not that popular. the nra has a 4
we thought that would pass easy a few months after sandy hook. i think what the american people are discovering is that their representatives are more beholden and more loyal to an industry association, the nra which represents gunmakers, than they are to the constituents' health and safety. and i think that makes constituents angry. >> the question is, what is changeable here? was it the attention of the president? was it, tom, the president's calling people out on the day it failed,...
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. >>> speaking out, parents of sandy hook victims are calling outlaw makers trying to stall a vote on gun control legislation. they say their children deserve a vote. tonight there is late word that their voices are being heard. nbc's steve handelsman is live in washington, d.c. with the latest. steve. >> reporter: hi, janelle. thanks. president obama brought these families here on air force one. they're ordinary americans, but they now have a lot of political influence on capitol hill because the nation feels their agony. as the gun control showdown approached in the senate, the family members of eight new town victims led by neal heslin with the green ribbon came to capitol hill to lobby lawmakers. at a hearing in february, heslin testified about jesse, his first grade son shot at sandy hook. >> jesse was brutally murdered 20 minutes after i dropped him off. >> reporter: the grieving father says today in a new ad that jesse deserves gun control. >> 14 gop senators threaten to filibuster to block a vote on gun control. even though a ban on the sale of assault weapons and high capacit
. >>> speaking out, parents of sandy hook victims are calling outlaw makers trying to stall a vote on gun control legislation. they say their children deserve a vote. tonight there is late word that their voices are being heard. nbc's steve handelsman is live in washington, d.c. with the latest. steve. >> reporter: hi, janelle. thanks. president obama brought these families here on air force one. they're ordinary americans, but they now have a lot of political influence on...
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workerr arrived in new york by afterrsuperstorm sandy devastated the rrgion last probblm. afterr removing debrii and downee trees ... this ggoup of porkers say they hhven't been paid in weekss... so ow the rodney qualls sayy e was promised gooo paa when came &pfrom florida to help clean-up. but now he says hh is lose tt moving from hottl to hottl een - &pnight. the clean-up was ssbbontracted out to ssveral companiess.... and disaapeared. but there is good news .... another contractor has now more than the rrad today for the 117-th annual boston marathon. &pmarathon. world's oldest annual marathon and most prestigiouu roaa raaes. tte 6 &ppointt2 mile race goes rom hopkinton to bbsttn. will be running ... others are ussng wheelchaiis and handcycles. from new kids on the bbock ... and biggest loser season 10 are you our biigest fan?then you can become.. our fan of phe day! everyddy we'll pick one of ouu fox45 news t 5.to become a fan just go tt our facebook pagg... facebook doo commslash foxbalttmore. &pcooing up on tte early edition... taking contrrl of a plann... withhthe t
workerr arrived in new york by afterrsuperstorm sandy devastated the rrgion last probblm. afterr removing debrii and downee trees ... this ggoup of porkers say they hhven't been paid in weekss... so ow the rodney qualls sayy e was promised gooo paa when came &pfrom florida to help clean-up. but now he says hh is lose tt moving from hottl to hottl een - &pnight. the clean-up was ssbbontracted out to ssveral companiess.... and disaapeared. but there is good news .... another contractor...
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sandy has no ideology. no ideology in sandy. there's no polarization when sandy hit here. it was a horrific storm that destroyed communities up and down the new jersey shore and the rockways and everything else like that. now they have to deal with the bureaucracy involved in american politics. >> i got to say, i don't understand this, jon meacham, being from pensacola, going through probably, six, seven hurricanes and rebuildings, seeing how quickly we responded in the south to these disasters, how quickly leaders in florida, after, of course, hurricane andrew in 1992 which was a disaster but how quickly and florida and alabama and mississippi leaders respond to these storms. i am stunned by how slowly the response has been to sandy and i don't know why it's taking so long. >> the other reason this is so important is, you know, tlas and old joke in journalism that if a weather story happens to you, otherwise, it's not interesting. given what has happened with extreme weather, given what has happened along all of the coastlines this is going to happen more and more and mor
sandy has no ideology. no ideology in sandy. there's no polarization when sandy hit here. it was a horrific storm that destroyed communities up and down the new jersey shore and the rockways and everything else like that. now they have to deal with the bureaucracy involved in american politics. >> i got to say, i don't understand this, jon meacham, being from pensacola, going through probably, six, seven hurricanes and rebuildings, seeing how quickly we responded in the south to these...
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six months after sandy, how is the northeast recovering? and a spectacular eruption when the cbs evening news continues. when i'm on my feet all day, my lower back acts up. yeah, the pain can be really tough. and it's my family that suffers. then i learned that my pain started at my feet. this was me. that's when i found dr. scholl's pain relief orthotics. yep, i went pro. they reduce the impact on my lower body. p-r-o. i get pain relief from the ground up. so i feel less pain and more energized. it's that simple! i'm a believer. we're all believers! dr. scholl's pain relief orthotics-- pain relief that starts with your feet. i'm a believer. >> every year we pick a new city to explore. >> but, thanks to hotwire, this year we got to take an extra trip, because they get us ridiculously low prices on really nice hotels and car rentals. >> so we hit boston in the spring-- even caught a game. >> and with the money we saved, we took a trip to san francisco. >> you see, hotwire checks the competition's rates every day, so they can guarantee their
six months after sandy, how is the northeast recovering? and a spectacular eruption when the cbs evening news continues. when i'm on my feet all day, my lower back acts up. yeah, the pain can be really tough. and it's my family that suffers. then i learned that my pain started at my feet. this was me. that's when i found dr. scholl's pain relief orthotics. yep, i went pro. they reduce the impact on my lower body. p-r-o. i get pain relief from the ground up. so i feel less pain and more...
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the families who lost loved ones at sandy hook are a potent part of this process. they are willing to grieve publicly in front of millions of people, including on cbs last night, including on air force one with the president today. they are resolving to turn that grief into action. >> do any of you fear that after only four months the impact of this on the congress is beginning to fade? and the memory of how we felt on that day is beginning to fade? >> well, people do change, because the country goes in different places. but we're going to bring it right back, so that america can see four months to them, it feels like it just happened a moment ago. >> to you. >> and yet -- and yet it's been years since i've seen my son. okay. so we're just -- we're not going anywhere. we're here. and we're going to be here. >> we don't get to move on. we don't have the benefit of turning the page to another piece of legislation and having another debate and then playing politics the same way we've been doing. we don't have that benefit. we're going to live with this for the rest of
the families who lost loved ones at sandy hook are a potent part of this process. they are willing to grieve publicly in front of millions of people, including on cbs last night, including on air force one with the president today. they are resolving to turn that grief into action. >> do any of you fear that after only four months the impact of this on the congress is beginning to fade? and the memory of how we felt on that day is beginning to fade? >> well, people do change,...
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sandy, pennsylvania. let me get this straight. the white house party cost the taxpayers more than $400,000, and will be broadcast on the taxpayer-funded pbs network? is anyone okay with this? apparently so, sandy. anthony, monroe, connecticut. thit cost taxpayer one cent eac. how is that significant? symbolic, anthony. and then your picture makes you look like a mafia boss. that was my intent. stevmy books are nonfiction, fact-based books. i'm disgusted with you and miller bashing greece. is that means you won't travel out to spokane to see us. or you can meet us on july 1st. we'll try to win you over. finally the tip of the day. what should we do when somebody hurts? rape, assault, child abuse, things like that. not only is the life of the victim altered forever, but his or family also suffers greatly. that's why violent crime victims must fight back and hold the criminals accountable in criminal and civil courts, but that almost always takes money. that's why i support the alexa foundation and its website ithappenedtoalexa.org.
sandy, pennsylvania. let me get this straight. the white house party cost the taxpayers more than $400,000, and will be broadcast on the taxpayer-funded pbs network? is anyone okay with this? apparently so, sandy. anthony, monroe, connecticut. thit cost taxpayer one cent eac. how is that significant? symbolic, anthony. and then your picture makes you look like a mafia boss. that was my intent. stevmy books are nonfiction, fact-based books. i'm disgusted with you and miller bashing greece. is...
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now sandy victims who is tracking the money that is for them? the scary answer, next. charles: sandy victims are worried for their aid for good reason, a new report shows 700 million in taxpayer relief for hurricane katrina victims was misspent, no one knows where it went, many are worried that the government of lose track of the 60 billion in sandy aid. and relief will not be misspent or lost in his town. i have tell you something thank you. those are pretty bold statements there considering, how complex the whole thing circumstance how many hands the money that to go through. >> well, we're putting processes in place, early stage to make sure that money is well spent. reaches the people it is to help. and the people actually do the repairs, improve their homes and their communities. charles: you have 18 april all of them get a piece of the action. you can't control all of parts of this distribution process. >> we can control what comes to long island, that is our motivation, to make sure. we expect to get about 6 to 7 billion in long island. so we're motivated, and w
now sandy victims who is tracking the money that is for them? the scary answer, next. charles: sandy victims are worried for their aid for good reason, a new report shows 700 million in taxpayer relief for hurricane katrina victims was misspent, no one knows where it went, many are worried that the government of lose track of the 60 billion in sandy aid. and relief will not be misspent or lost in his town. i have tell you something thank you. those are pretty bold statements there considering,...
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and all i can remember is that awful day, waiting at the sandy hook volunteer fire house for the boy who would never come home. >> bans for high capacity ammunition clips and assault weapons are expected to be defeated. >>> a florida police gun instructor fired after stirring up new trouble in the trayvon martin case. sergeant ron king says he planned to use targets like these for a no-shoot training aide. the photos show a face less person in a hoodie carrying skittles and iced tea, clearly resembling trayvon martin. the family was outraged. >>> new details coming out in a case of a 15-year-old california girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by three boys at her skoal. her family announced details of the lawsuit they plan to file. the suspects are said to have taken pictures of the assault and pose posted them. >>> and the loser in venezuela's residential race is demanding a recount. he had lost to a hand-picked candidate. the final count gave the election to the winner by about 300,000 votes. both sides had claimed voter fraud in the hours after the polls closed. >>> new fears
and all i can remember is that awful day, waiting at the sandy hook volunteer fire house for the boy who would never come home. >> bans for high capacity ammunition clips and assault weapons are expected to be defeated. >>> a florida police gun instructor fired after stirring up new trouble in the trayvon martin case. sergeant ron king says he planned to use targets like these for a no-shoot training aide. the photos show a face less person in a hoodie carrying skittles and iced...
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. >> the senate prepares to debate the first gun-control legislation since the sandy hook school shooting, but does it have enough supporters to pass? >>> there it is! adam scott, a life changer. >> and a masterful finish to golf's most celebrated tournament. adam scott becomes the first australian to don the green jacket as masters champion. this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, april 15th, 2013. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the united states says it is ready to open new talks with north korea. that's despite the recent threats the north has made of a possible nuclear strike. speaking in tokyo, secretary of state john kerry said the u.s. would be a ready partner if the north abandoned its nuclear program. in an interview to be seen a little later on on "cbs this morning," our margaret brennan asked kerry if the offer still applies even if north korea test fires another missile. >> there are some things that if he were to do would be even more provocative and dangerous. i think if he shoots the missile, which i think is both unnecessary, unwarranted an
. >> the senate prepares to debate the first gun-control legislation since the sandy hook school shooting, but does it have enough supporters to pass? >>> there it is! adam scott, a life changer. >> and a masterful finish to golf's most celebrated tournament. adam scott becomes the first australian to don the green jacket as masters champion. this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, april 15th, 2013. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie...
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rich's house was devastated by sandy. rebuilding has been slow. he has been living in a motor home with his wife and two dogs. what kind of toll has living here for six months taken? >> the toll is just -- you feel beat up. you just feel beat up. everybody you talk to that was here all winter has the same feeling. you feel pretty beat up. >> reporter: so far the federal emergency management agency has paid out $959 million for housing assistance and 848 million to communities and nonprofit groups in new york. but the disaster has cost more than money. damon and thea are juniors at east rockaway high school. they were both forced out of their homes returning to their school is a milestone. >> it's like the first sense of going back to being normal again. being able to come to the school where i've been growing up playing sports for since i got here in seventh grade. >> reporter: does it mean a lot to have your school back? >> it does. it's a place of learning and trying to grow here. >> reporter: as the recovery here in east rockaway slowly moves f
rich's house was devastated by sandy. rebuilding has been slow. he has been living in a motor home with his wife and two dogs. what kind of toll has living here for six months taken? >> the toll is just -- you feel beat up. you just feel beat up. everybody you talk to that was here all winter has the same feeling. you feel pretty beat up. >> reporter: so far the federal emergency management agency has paid out $959 million for housing assistance and 848 million to communities and...
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now sandy victims who is tracking the money that is for them? them? the scary the american dream is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams have taken a beating lately. but no way we're going to let them die. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help keep your dreams alive like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financial does. and that's what they can do with you. that's how ameriprise puts more within reach. ♪ charles: sandy victims are worried for their aid for good reason, a new report shows 700 million in taxpayer relief for hurricane katrina victims was misspent, no one knows where it went, many are worried that the government of lose track of the 60 billion in sandy aid. and relief will not be misspent or lost in his town. i have tell you something thank you. those are pretty bold statements there considering, how complex the whole thing circumstance how many hands the money that to go through. >> well, we're putting processes in place, early stage to make sure that money
now sandy victims who is tracking the money that is for them? them? the scary the american dream is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams have taken a beating lately. but no way we're going to let them die. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help keep your dreams alive like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financial does. and that's what they can do with you. that's how ameriprise puts more within reach. ♪ charles:...
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let me start in sandy hook. and we can put up some pictures for just a handful of the victims are in sandy hook and cities across this country. the mr. with the little guy in the middle here. daniel barton. i talked about him this morning. he was a pretty amazing little boy. his parents taught about the unbelievable compassion that he had. i talked about it this morning that he never failed to turn off the light when he left the room. he was always the kid in school that was fitting that the kid who didn't have anybody to sit with. when his parents leave the grocery store they get halfway across the grocery store parking lot, turn around and didn't know was that with him because he was still holding the door open for other people leaving the store. he was a pretty amazing little kid. he loved spending time with his family. he loved riding the waves at the beach. you can tell he was a beach bum. they transcend the ban but his brother james and sister natalie. i'm not running, his father was a professional musicia
let me start in sandy hook. and we can put up some pictures for just a handful of the victims are in sandy hook and cities across this country. the mr. with the little guy in the middle here. daniel barton. i talked about him this morning. he was a pretty amazing little boy. his parents taught about the unbelievable compassion that he had. i talked about it this morning that he never failed to turn off the light when he left the room. he was always the kid in school that was fitting that the...
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all i remember is wait agent the sandy hook four house for the boy who would never come home. >> both proposals are likely to be defeated. >>> a florida police gun intrukter fired after stirring up new trouble in the trayvon martin case. he planned to use target ts like these for a no-shoot training aide. the photos show a face less person in a hoodie carrying skitdles. >>> new details in a story of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted while drunk. her family is planning to file charges. >>> and the loser in venezuela's residential race is demanding a recount. he had lost to a hand-picked candidate. the final count gave the election to the winner by about 300,000 votes. both sides con plained of voter frauds in the hours after the polls closed. >>> new fears that the bird flu will rise outside of china. the first case reported in beijing over the weekend. as the flu moves across the country. four international flu expects will arrive in china over the next few days to pinpoint the source of the flu and how it's been transmitted. >>> a notorious fre
all i remember is wait agent the sandy hook four house for the boy who would never come home. >> both proposals are likely to be defeated. >>> a florida police gun intrukter fired after stirring up new trouble in the trayvon martin case. he planned to use target ts like these for a no-shoot training aide. the photos show a face less person in a hoodie carrying skitdles. >>> new details in a story of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after she was sexually...
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plus we have the gigantic rebuild that has to come from sandy. are your landfills starting to feel a little better? are you starting to make money on your bread and butter business? >> yeah, absolutely, jim. you said it all in your introduction. i can't say much more. when you have a home build or reconstruction, that generates waste. but then that customer that builds the house becomes a residential customer for us, and you get enough of those residents and guess what happens. commercial businesses start to move in, and that creates waste for us. and then finally for those folks that want to do those remodels, spring is coming up, we have a product that's unique to waste management. no one else in the industry has it and that's our bagster product, a product you can pick up at your home depot, target stores, and bring it and use it as a dumpster in a box for a very cheap price. $29.99 generally around the country. and then you can call us and we'll come pick it up. >> all right. last summer i visited one of your landfills, had a great view of th
plus we have the gigantic rebuild that has to come from sandy. are your landfills starting to feel a little better? are you starting to make money on your bread and butter business? >> yeah, absolutely, jim. you said it all in your introduction. i can't say much more. when you have a home build or reconstruction, that generates waste. but then that customer that builds the house becomes a residential customer for us, and you get enough of those residents and guess what happens. commercial...
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. >>> president obama hands over his weekly address to a newtown mom who lost a son at sandy hook. we'll see how her emotional message affects the gun control debate. >>> a miracle on the bali sea. a passenger plane splits in two while crashing into the waters off the resort, but amazingly, everyone survives. we've got their incredible story. >>> and winter just won't leave the midwest. millions of americans could be dealing with as much as a foot of new snow. we'll get the latest on that from the fox extreme weather center. >>> but first, we begin with growing efforts to help calm t crisis. the secretary of state john kenny working on a series high stakes meetings. the secretary trying to urge leaders there to put pressure on the north korean government amid troubling reports that pyongyang is slowly approaching a deadline to a possible missile launch. greg pal cot is streaming live from south korea. >> reporter: dip low mdiplomacys are heating up. secretary kerry is at this moment in beijing. he's wrapping up meetings there. he's seeing the president of china and a host of other
. >>> president obama hands over his weekly address to a newtown mom who lost a son at sandy hook. we'll see how her emotional message affects the gun control debate. >>> a miracle on the bali sea. a passenger plane splits in two while crashing into the waters off the resort, but amazingly, everyone survives. we've got their incredible story. >>> and winter just won't leave the midwest. millions of americans could be dealing with as much as a foot of new snow. we'll...
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that is why when sandy happened, hurricane sandy we were the first guys on the field. 40,000 people registered in a number of days direct action groups. they are still out there and we have a huge infrastructure with that. we have the campaign in a whole series of things. most cities which are having a more change -- mortgage crises now have anti-eviction squads who will come in and do occupation so there is occupies foreclosed homes all over the country, endless variety of things. also and i want to end with this because we are on c-span. >> i want to say this. i think what this shows us is something really profound about american politics were again the right-wing seems to understand something the left doing such it is it is does not. the reason this happened is because the liberal organizations which hadn't been supporting is basically the left-wing of the democratic party once it began they decided all right enough is enough. i think the kind of expected us to turn into some kind of left-wing version of the tea party. maybe not candidates but get involved with legislative campaigns. when t
that is why when sandy happened, hurricane sandy we were the first guys on the field. 40,000 people registered in a number of days direct action groups. they are still out there and we have a huge infrastructure with that. we have the campaign in a whole series of things. most cities which are having a more change -- mortgage crises now have anti-eviction squads who will come in and do occupation so there is occupies foreclosed homes all over the country, endless variety of things. also and i...
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let's look at what's happened across this nation since sandy hook. in the 120 days since sandy hook, more than 2,200 americans have been killed by gun violence. hardly anyplace was spared. now, we know there are many, many firearms in america. 300 million firearms in the united states. if you were to divide that up, that would be one gun per person. of course, there are many people who just have many, many guns. now, this is a 50% increase in the number of guns in circulation since 1995 when there were, as i say, about half the number. when i go home and i speak about this and i write about it, i say there are 31,000 reasons why we need to pass sensible gun laws. because 31,000, that's the number of people who die every year in america. that's 87 people every single day on average. and you look at this, 31,000 people dying every year from gun violence. and so how do you get a sense of what that is? and i think back to one of the reasons that i got into politics in the first place was the war in vietnam and trying to end it, first as an activist and t
let's look at what's happened across this nation since sandy hook. in the 120 days since sandy hook, more than 2,200 americans have been killed by gun violence. hardly anyplace was spared. now, we know there are many, many firearms in america. 300 million firearms in the united states. if you were to divide that up, that would be one gun per person. of course, there are many people who just have many, many guns. now, this is a 50% increase in the number of guns in circulation since 1995 when...
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even sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> hook. sandy hook elementary. you know it's something we just can't -- you know, 20 first graders. >> just died. >> in their classrooms. >> awful. >> the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and limits to high capacity magazines. giffords made a dramatic plea to senators. >> be bold. be gourageous. americans are counting on you. >> but they now admit there are limits on what is politically realistic. if you were to name the number one thing that congress could do to prevent the kind of violence that you were the victim of, what would it be? >> background checks. >> yeah. certainly. without a doubt. >> giffords has learned to navigate an ipad for e-mail with her left-hand, because her right hand is paralyzed. but most of her communicating with former colleagues, pressing them for new gun laws, goes through kelly. mostly on the phone. it's been written that there's irony that you are such a good spokesperson for new laws to curb gun violence, because you can't speak very well.
even sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> hook. sandy hook elementary. you know it's something we just can't -- you know, 20 first graders. >> just died. >> in their classrooms. >> awful. >> the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and limits to high capacity magazines. giffords made a dramatic plea to senators. >> be bold. be gourageous. americans are counting on you. >>...
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. >> sometimes i close my eyes and all i can remember is that awful day waiting at the sandy hook volunteer fire house. for the boy who would never come home. but other times, i feel ben's presence, filling me with courage for what i have to do. >> the plea capped a week of lobbying by family members of newtown victims who flew to washington for the president's call on universal background checks and assault weapons measures, that they say are common sense. >>> and new tonight, dozens of gun control advocates gathered. the rally was set up by the group called "organizing for america." the speakers included mindy finkelstein, who was shot 13 years ago. >> we are not living in a place that is free and safe for any of our children or for us. it terrifies me to have kids. i'm 30 years old now. it has been 13 years since i was shot. kids are very much in my future. but i cannot bring them into this world as it stands. >> on thursday, senators voted 68-31 to move forward with the process of debating a gun bill that the republicans had threatened to filibuster. >>> still to come, a bizarre attack,
. >> sometimes i close my eyes and all i can remember is that awful day waiting at the sandy hook volunteer fire house. for the boy who would never come home. but other times, i feel ben's presence, filling me with courage for what i have to do. >> the plea capped a week of lobbying by family members of newtown victims who flew to washington for the president's call on universal background checks and assault weapons measures, that they say are common sense. >>> and new...
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it's too late for many victims of gun violence including 20 school children at sandy hook elementary school. >> now this morning the first grade teacher who helped save her students from the gunman talks about her journey and her new mission. here's abc's diane sawyer. >> reporter: on december 14th, as a shooter stalked the halls of sandy hook elementary school, a teacher, gathered up her 15 tiny first graders and hit them in a bathroom, turning out the light so the shooter wouldn't see. holding on to them as the gunfire sounded. she told me about it that same day, just hours after the tragedy. >> i said "i need you to know that i love you all very much and that it's going to be okay." i thought that was the last thing they were ever going to hear. >> reporter: that was almost four months ago. she is still teaching those same first grade students she sheltered through the tragedy. do they ask you about it? >> they don't ask specifically. things come up. noises are really hard for them. understandably so. on the day the noises they heard were loud and scary. noises are difficult. if t
it's too late for many victims of gun violence including 20 school children at sandy hook elementary school. >> now this morning the first grade teacher who helped save her students from the gunman talks about her journey and her new mission. here's abc's diane sawyer. >> reporter: on december 14th, as a shooter stalked the halls of sandy hook elementary school, a teacher, gathered up her 15 tiny first graders and hit them in a bathroom, turning out the light so the shooter wouldn't...
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one for each of the people who were killed at sandy hook. before the game started, all the victims' names went up on the scoreboard at yankee stadium. they also had an honor guards of about 120 newtown police officers and firefighters at the game, and before the start of the game at 12:55 p.m., there was a moment of silence. opening day is always filled with all sorts of emotions for baseball fans, but this was a different kind of emotion and in some ways a different level of emotion today at yankee stadium. we are a country that is refusing to forget what happened at newtown. this is not going away for us as a country. one of the interesting political dynamics since newtown is that connecticut itself, the state of connecticut, has not yet moved to pass new gun reform legislation. new york state did so. they were the first. colorado has done so as well, just a couple weeks ago. both of those states passed improvements to the background check system and a limit on high capacity magazines and others, broadbased packages of gun-related reforms.
one for each of the people who were killed at sandy hook. before the game started, all the victims' names went up on the scoreboard at yankee stadium. they also had an honor guards of about 120 newtown police officers and firefighters at the game, and before the start of the game at 12:55 p.m., there was a moment of silence. opening day is always filled with all sorts of emotions for baseball fans, but this was a different kind of emotion and in some ways a different level of emotion today at...
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jamie foxx, wore an interesting t-shirt in honor of teenager trayvon martin, and sandy hook victims. props for that. rebel wilson made an impression. rocking her curves in a clinging dominatrix style get-up with a padded costume, and a faux double nip slip. i am reading that. didn't make it up. rocked it. one of the highlights. what have you got? >> lowlights. from high lights to lowlights. justin bieber, was in amsterdam, visiting the anne frank house. he decided to enter something into the guest book. what he entered is getting attention. here's what he wrote and i quote, truly inspiring to be able to come here. anne was a great girl. hopefully she would have been a belieber. a lot of people are criticizing it. saying that was so self-centered. for him just to think of himself. on twitter, posts, imagining he visited the museum thinking of himself. a facebook response, insulting biebers, received 1,000 likes, slightly more than the original museum post about the incident. >> just not the most sensitive thing when you are in a museum about something so, sort of, solemn. >> yes. >> s
jamie foxx, wore an interesting t-shirt in honor of teenager trayvon martin, and sandy hook victims. props for that. rebel wilson made an impression. rocking her curves in a clinging dominatrix style get-up with a padded costume, and a faux double nip slip. i am reading that. didn't make it up. rocked it. one of the highlights. what have you got? >> lowlights. from high lights to lowlights. justin bieber, was in amsterdam, visiting the anne frank house. he decided to enter something into...
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let's talk about sandy hook for a minute. i love the argument they say, well, there is nothing that we are proposing could have done anything to change the circumstances at sandy hook. well, number one, the police got there in two and a half minutes. if there only had been ten bullets in each clip, he would have had to change the clip an additional three to five times. one of those kids would be alive. somebody would be alive. just statistically the probability is he just would not have gotten off 150 shots. -- not as many people -- no one knows. so even if it just did nothing else, other than to save one of those kids' lives, what is the inconvenience? what are we doing? what are we doing to impact on a gun owner's right if he only has a clip with ten rounds in it instead of 30 rounds in it? >> chief, do you agree? >> i think we all agree across the country and certainly in the law enforcement community that background checks are important. but i think we also have to take into account the 99.9% of people in this country who
let's talk about sandy hook for a minute. i love the argument they say, well, there is nothing that we are proposing could have done anything to change the circumstances at sandy hook. well, number one, the police got there in two and a half minutes. if there only had been ten bullets in each clip, he would have had to change the clip an additional three to five times. one of those kids would be alive. somebody would be alive. just statistically the probability is he just would not have gotten...
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. >>> the daughter of a school principal killed at sandy hook elementary is taking to twitter after several senators refused to take her calls on gun reform. erica lafferty tweeted 14 republicans threatened to filibuster the bill. with connecticut governor dan malloy lending his voice. senator ted cruz is the only one who called her back. >>> a man in china is being called a hero after saving a little girl from a burning building. he grabbed an axe and rope before climbing three stories and hooking the child up to a rope before firefighters helped lower them to the ground. >>> today's health story is a real head scratcher. one of four survivors of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, say even after surviving they still never use sunscreen. 15% say they rarely or never stay in the shade while 2% had been to a tanning salon within the past year. the study's author calls the results mind blowing. >> announcer: "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil. >>> now for our first look at what's moving your money today. we go to cnbc. good morning. >> good morning, dara. the house ove
. >>> the daughter of a school principal killed at sandy hook elementary is taking to twitter after several senators refused to take her calls on gun reform. erica lafferty tweeted 14 republicans threatened to filibuster the bill. with connecticut governor dan malloy lending his voice. senator ted cruz is the only one who called her back. >>> a man in china is being called a hero after saving a little girl from a burning building. he grabbed an axe and rope before climbing...
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for her to find words, even sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> hook. >> sandy hook elementary. it's something we just can't -- 20 first graders. >> died. >> in their classrooms. >> is awful. >> reporter: the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and limits to high capacity manage magazines. giffords made a dramatic plea to senators. >> be bold. be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> reporter: but they now admit there are limits on what is politically realistic. if you were to name the number one thing that congress could do to prevent the kind of violence that you were the victim of, what would it be? >> background checks. >> yeah, certainly. without a doubt. >> reporter: giffords has learned to navigate an ipad for e-mail with her left hand because her right hand is paralyzed, but most of her communicating with former colleagues, pressing them for new gun laws, goes through kelly, mostly on the phone. there's irony that you are such a good spokesperson for new laws to curb gun violence because you can't speak very w
for her to find words, even sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> hook. >> sandy hook elementary. it's something we just can't -- 20 first graders. >> died. >> in their classrooms. >> is awful. >> reporter: the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and limits to high capacity manage magazines. giffords made a dramatic plea to senators. >> be bold. be courageous. americans are...
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>> well sandy hook promise was an organization founded by the families immediately after the tragedy. the first time in history that the victims of gun violence have organized themselves collectively to do something. and the first thing they did was they hired a very well connected washington insider. a friend of mine. she brought them over to talk about gun policy. and then i met with them four or five times since to walk them through what is and isn't possible and what's happening and why that would matter. >> how was that received? i would say it's -- from a human perspective. it's tough to have someone like you or any washington person say, look, you're three months removed, from the loss of a tiny child. here's what's possible. how do they receive that? >> you know the first time i met with them, they were one month removed. it was, they were barely able to function, obviously. and they were in town to meet with the vice president and some others, and what they said to me was -- don't tell us what isn't possible. talk to us about what is possible. and keep a longer-term perspecti
>> well sandy hook promise was an organization founded by the families immediately after the tragedy. the first time in history that the victims of gun violence have organized themselves collectively to do something. and the first thing they did was they hired a very well connected washington insider. a friend of mine. she brought them over to talk about gun policy. and then i met with them four or five times since to walk them through what is and isn't possible and what's happening and...
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. >> the kids at sandy hook were aware they were where they were supposed to be. so were movie goers in aurora and worshippers in oak creek, so was gabrielle giffords, at a super market, listening to concerns of her constituents. they were exactly where they were supposed to be. they were also exercising their rights, to assemble peaceably, worship freely and safely. they were exercising the rights of life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness. >> the right to life is self-evident, so said our founding fathers. we hold these truths to be self-evident. the first right the founding fathers mention was the right to life. rights can come into conflict with other rights. my right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins. the right to bear arms, if it is to be interpreted as individual right, can come into conflict with your right to life. the right for nancy lanza to bear arms, own arms, to share her arms with her gravely disturbed son came into conflict with 26 individuals' rights to life in sandy hook elementary, rights that were snuffed out by the legally obtain
. >> the kids at sandy hook were aware they were where they were supposed to be. so were movie goers in aurora and worshippers in oak creek, so was gabrielle giffords, at a super market, listening to concerns of her constituents. they were exactly where they were supposed to be. they were also exercising their rights, to assemble peaceably, worship freely and safely. they were exercising the rights of life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness. >> the right to life is self-evident,...
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sandy's our next caller on our democrats line. hi, sandy. caller: hi there. i'm kind of saying about the same thing, only a little more indepth than the guy from connecticut. 95% or better of the illegal acts that happen with guns are by not the registered owner of the gun, but an illegal gun. how are you going to tax them? why should i pay a tax for someone else's crime? that is absolutely ridiculous. i think they should have to somehow, when they get their sentence to go to jail, they should work in prison for their five cents an hour, or whatever they get and every penny should go to the victim. host: all right. we heard from senator schumer about gun legislation before the senate. let's take a look at the story from the associated press that says democrats and republican senator are working on a deal to expand background checks, boosting gun control hopes. talks have emerged as the most promising route for expanding federal background checks for gun buyers. host: we saw senator john mccain talking about the question of the filibuster. this is relating to
sandy's our next caller on our democrats line. hi, sandy. caller: hi there. i'm kind of saying about the same thing, only a little more indepth than the guy from connecticut. 95% or better of the illegal acts that happen with guns are by not the registered owner of the gun, but an illegal gun. how are you going to tax them? why should i pay a tax for someone else's crime? that is absolutely ridiculous. i think they should have to somehow, when they get their sentence to go to jail, they should...
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it comes nearly four months after the sandy hook school massacre. the measures include putting armed guards in every school in the country. the pro-gun lobby group has been pushing the idea after 26 teachers and children were killed in newtown in december. >>> also, in reaction to the newtown shootings, connecticut lawmakers are expected to vote on a bipartisan plan being called the strongest and most comprehensive in the country aimed at curbing gun violence. parents of sandy hook, of the victims, voicing their support. >> our job to make sure it doesn't happen for our son. >> everybody needs to think about it and look into their hearts and try to do what's necessary to make the changes that have to happen. >> the proposals include adding more than 100 guns to the state's assault weapons ban and limiting the capacity of ammunition magazines to just ten rounds. >>> in the meantime, the small georgia town of nelson passed a law requiring all households to own a gun and ammunition. this is mainly seen as a political statement on gun ownership. city of
it comes nearly four months after the sandy hook school massacre. the measures include putting armed guards in every school in the country. the pro-gun lobby group has been pushing the idea after 26 teachers and children were killed in newtown in december. >>> also, in reaction to the newtown shootings, connecticut lawmakers are expected to vote on a bipartisan plan being called the strongest and most comprehensive in the country aimed at curbing gun violence. parents of sandy hook, of...
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the congress gave us in excess of $250 million for storm repairs, for hurricane sandy. that work and getting that executed is a huge work load for our civil engineers and our contracting people. so we'll be fully engaged with trying to get ourselves reconstructed and it was just a reasonable decision to make to defer housing in this particular year because that have other money that needs to be spent. >> i might have mentioned this to you once before in housing, i can't remember our final response or if we just had more of a discussion and that is that i know the military's done some successful onbase housing partnerships with the private sector. who went in there with capital dollars and designed long-term. maybe 50-year contracts. i may be wrong about the term. and then operate them so the quality of housing, dramatically on some of the military bases in alaska, the quality of housing is dramatically changed. they're more winter-prone type of housing and they're also a lot more designed for a family of today versus a family of 50 years ago. is that something the coast
the congress gave us in excess of $250 million for storm repairs, for hurricane sandy. that work and getting that executed is a huge work load for our civil engineers and our contracting people. so we'll be fully engaged with trying to get ourselves reconstructed and it was just a reasonable decision to make to defer housing in this particular year because that have other money that needs to be spent. >> i might have mentioned this to you once before in housing, i can't remember our final...
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this is a family we met right after sandy. this is what they had to do on the six month anniversary of sandy. it sho >> reporter: ryan panetta rescued his family from the rushing waters. >> i jumped out in the water. >> reporter: you swam to this house? >> yes, right here. they took us into the second floor. >> what did you think when your 13-year-old son jumped in the water? >> i was panicked. >> did ryan help save your family? >> no question. absolutely. >> i was thinking that the water was going to come -- >> do you feel like your brother helped save you? >> yeah. >> reporter: he didn't just huz his home that day, his school was so badly damaged he had to be relocated to another school. >> what makes it so bad buddy? >> i don't know. >> everything? >> everything. >> reporter: they were determined to rebuild the one thing that could give them help. the panetta family could only stand and watch after all that work, they were told the foundation was shot. >> this is where all my babies lived. to watch it just be broken down li
this is a family we met right after sandy. this is what they had to do on the six month anniversary of sandy. it sho >> reporter: ryan panetta rescued his family from the rushing waters. >> i jumped out in the water. >> reporter: you swam to this house? >> yes, right here. they took us into the second floor. >> what did you think when your 13-year-old son jumped in the water? >> i was panicked. >> did ryan help save your family? >> no question....
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difficult for her to find words. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook elementary. it's something we just can't -- you know, 20 first graders. >> died. >> in their classrooms. >> awful. >> the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and a limit on high-capacity magazines. she made a dramatic call to senators. >> be bold, be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> reporter: they now admit there are level limits on what realistic. if you could name the one thing that congress could do to limit the kind of violence you were the victim of, what would it be? >> background checks. >> yeah. certainly. without a doubt. >> giffords has learned to navigate an ipad for e-mail with her left hand, because her right hand is paralyzed. most communicating with former colleagues goes through telle, mostly on the phone. there is irony, you are such a good spokesperson for new laws to curb gun violence because you can't speak very well. >> yeah, i guess it's maybe it's bad irony. >> it stinks. >> it stinks. >> reporter: no question, gun culture is deeply ingrained
difficult for her to find words. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook. >> sandy brook. >> sandy hook elementary. it's something we just can't -- you know, 20 first graders. >> died. >> in their classrooms. >> awful. >> the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and a limit on high-capacity magazines. she made a dramatic call to senators. >> be bold, be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> reporter: they now admit there...